Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-05

them my arm. or I take the;,
! bring them to this Co.. ain a,
down, father OF mother, sit iowvspel.
there is anything at the we1,.. Sc
Come, David, the Psalmist, har n tos ya
thing encouraging to offer thsn e an
says the Psalmist: "They shall ~. "les
fruit in old age, they shall 1i - onng tss
f1ourishing, to show that the 10, lat an
right. He is my rock. and t tha is N
unrighteousness in me.n Coa enere
have you anything to say out ~ lsaa1
phecies for these aged peon1oss YOU es
says Isaiah: "Down to old on p'ei 'Ya
thee, and to hoary hairs will t. "a. an vii
Well. if the Lord is going to cnrrr =, " tbss
ought not to worry much abont so you W
ing eyesight and failing limbs. s v fsa
little worried for fear some t;n,o lou CT
come to want, do you? Your chiliS.oa vi
grandchildren sometimes sneal .'0scl az
sharp at you because of VOW A y; a It'll
The Lord will not speak sharn ''imaeaI
think you will come to want? M W. D,o!a
think the Lord is? Are his ~ aogs
empty? Will He feed the raven sfanaas
rabbit, and the lion in the desert una
get you? Why, naturalists tell ns a ~ fs,
porpoise will not forsake its wo ~, snat
sick mate. And do you suppose 1 ,ba az
of Heaven and earth has NOT as Los
sympathy as the fish of the sea- u IN. aqc
say: II am SO near worn out. and u
no use 10 God any MORE" mn. an
Lord knows whether you are Of omn
use or not; if you We're of no mora ~. lo9
would have taken you before this n Hss
think God has forgotten YOU becoDoE
has taken care of you seventy ~ y:
years? He thinks more of YOU to. a do esA
He ever did, because you think q ms taa
Him. May the God of Abrabomlo fe
Isaac, and jacob, and Paul the an., 20
your God forever! "seQ'
But gather all the promises TODD,
group. and ask the shepherds toy To ~ H.
their fiocks of lambs and sheen m - - a'I'
sparkling supply. Behold, happy u u =
cause grief, vet will He have co anuasa
"Many are the Affections of the riab 1ta0a
but the Lord delivereth Him out Of t tbs
all. "Weeping may endure for a pai
but joy cometh in the morning." IamS
termined this morning that no one Shall
out of this house uncontrolled. Yop1s,
a timid and shrinking soul who seems
hide away from the consultations l ann
tering, Us a child with sore hand h;i
away from the physician lest he touch h
wound too roughly, and the mother has
60 and compel the little patient to con-
out and see the physician. So 1 come
your timid and shrinking soul ia. iay ~
compel you to come cut in the presencs
the Divine Physician. He will not IN
you. He has been healing wounds \
many years, and He will give you pen1
and omnipotent medicament. But peon
when they have trouble, go anvwbs}
rather than to God. DeQuincy to-
opium to get rid of his troubles. Char |
Lamb took to punch. Theodore Hook
something stronger. Edwin Forrest tod
to theatrical dissipation. And men la
run all around the earth, hoping in \
quick transit to get away from their nj
fortunes. 1t has been dead faiup|
There is only one we'll that can Stake /
thirst of on afflicted spirit, and that is d
deep and inexhaustible we'll of the Gospd
But some one says in the audieno|
Notwithstanding all you have said thI
morning I find no alienation for }
troubles" Well, am not through vet.
have left the most potent consideration Il
the last. am going to soothe you vii
the thought of Heaven. However talk
tive we may be, there will come It'd
when the stoutest and most emphatic Il
terroGation will evoke from us no ansvta
AS soon as we have closed our lips for d
final silence no power on earth can brel
their taciturnity. But where, oh Christie
will be your spirit2 In scene Of infni
gladness. The spring morning of HeavI
waving its blossoms in the bright air. vi
tors fresh from battle showing their scad
The rain of earthly sorrow struck throud
with the rainbow of eternal Joy. In ii
group God and angels and the redsemed1
Paul and Silas Latimer and Ridley, lsaia
and jeremiah, Payson and John Miltol
Gabriel and Michael, the archangel. Lon
line of choristers reaching across the liI|
Seas of Joy dashing to the white bead
Conquerors marching from gate to sa.|
You among them.
Oh, what great flock of sheep God vi
gather around the celestial we'll! No stol
on the wells mouth while the ShepleI
waters the sheep. There Jacob will reco]
nize Rachel the shepherdess. Aud stand
ing on one side OF the we'll of eternal RAD
ture, your children; and standing Oh Il
other side of eternal rapture, your Chli4
tian ancestry, you will be bounded on A
sides by Joy SO keen and grand that n
other world has ever been permitted 10 e]
perience it. Out of that one deep well 4
heaven the shepherd will dip reunion Il
the bereaved, wealth for the poor, heald
for the sick, rest for the weary. And the1
all the flock of the Lords sheep will |
down in the green pastures, and wor4
without end will praise the Lord that \
this summer Sabbath morning We wei
permitted to study the story of Jacob al
Rachel the shepherdess at the well